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ICANN Still Has No Idea What’s Its Going To Do With The Surplus From New gTLD...
We have been saying for quite sometime that ICANN has not committed on how what its going to do with the surplus from the new gTLD program and today at the ICAN... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
9 Year Old Domain Rive.com Saved in UDRP; TM Holder: Domainer Is a...
Rive, LLC lost its bid to take away the domain name Rive.com from the domain owner who registered it back in 2004, based on a trademark registered with the... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
AspenHeights.com Saved In UDRP But No RDNH Because of Non-Response to Emails
BRG Partners, LP (“Complainant”), lost its attempt to take the domain AspenHeights.com away from Wild Escape Theme Park who was represented by Traverse Legal. Read more
Posted on 16 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Slam Dunk: GoodTherapy.org Loses UDRP To Grab GoodTherapy.com
Over a month ago we told you about the UDRP filed by GoodTherapy.org, LLC to grab the .com version of the domain. Tonight the UDRP decision is out... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
GoDaddy: First Major Registrar to Sign ICANN’s New Registrar Accreditation...
According to a press release we received, GoDaddy, announced today it was the first major registrar to sign ICANN’s new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). Read more
Posted on 15 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Oversee.net Loses UDRP On OnlineBacarrat.com
Oversee Domain Management, LLC, just lost a UDRP on the domain name OnlineBacarrat.com to Baccarat SA of Baccarat, France The domain name OnlineBacarrat. Read more
Posted on 15 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
1st Day Of Single Character .PW Domains Auctions On NameJet.com End With 7...
The first day of single character .PW domains just ended. Single character domains included single number .pw domain names as well as single letter .pw domains. Read more
Posted on 15 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
BeNaughty.com, Flirt.com and WildBuddies.com Sites Sell For £45.1 Million
According to Growthcompany.co.uk, publicly traded Cupid (AIM: CUP) sold “off its range of ‘casual dating’ sites including Benaughty.com, Flirt.com and... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
As ICANN Meets, Two More New gTLD Apps Are Withdrawn One Brand, One Famous Four
As ICANN is holding its meeting in Durban, two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn reflected on ICANN’s site. L’Oréal which originally applied for... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
BuyDomains Asks: “Is The Most Popular gTLD (.com) Here to Stay?
On its company blog this morning BuyDomains Asks, is the most popular gTLD here to stay? TLD Overview (As of July 11, 2013) All TLDs 145,865,255 .COM... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
WIPO Panel Denies Constantine Roussos Objection Amazon’s Application For .Tunes
A one member WIPO panel has rejected the objection of Dot Tunes Limited, which is Constantine Roussos company, to Amazon’s new gTLD application of .Tunes.... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
DomainIndex.com Checks Up On 100 Oldest Domains: 12 Don’t Resolve; 35 Owned By...
Domainindex.com published some research about the oldest 100 domain names and came up with some pretty interesting stats. From the 100 names registered between... Read more
Posted on 14 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
ICANN’s Update Of New gTLD Program Status By The Numbers + 1st 50 Start...
ICANN’s Christine Willett just gave an update on the New gTLD program from the first session at the ICANN meeting in Durban: “As Yesterday my team has... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Six Figure, One Word Domain Name, Action.com Being Forwarded To A Facebook Page
Poking around the net this week I found that the one word .com domain name action.com is being simply forwarded to a Facebook page. Read more
Posted on 13 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
95 New gTLD Pass IE: .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam; .Bible; .Adult; .Landrover;...
95 new gTLD application passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today and 2 applications are headed for the dreaded Extended Evaluation. Leading the way passing IE... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Express. LLC Really Screwed Up By Not Spending $185K To File For .Express;...
Donuts defeated an objection by Express, LLC brought under WIPO to the new gTLD string .Express in a case published yesterday I started to write about the... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Breaking: Suit Filed Against Scott Ross & Others Over Non-Payment of MD.Org...
On April 12, 2012, the domain name MD.org sold at a record setting NameJet.com auction for $555,650.00 to the high bidder ID of ‘Winters” Today the seller of th... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Suit Filed Over Non-Payment of MD.Org Namejet Record Setting $555,650 Auction
On April 12, 2012, the domain name MD.org sold at a record setting NameJet.com auction for $555,650.00 to the high bidder ID of ‘Winters” Today the seller of th... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Body.com Sells On Godaddy.com For $380,000
The domain name Body.com just sold on GoDaddy’s aftermarket for $380,000. This was listed via Godaddy’s partnership with Sedo and sold from GoDaddy.com as a mak... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Internet Architecture Board: Dotless Domains May “Cause Significant Harm To The...
The Internet Architecture Board, has come out strongly against Dotless Domains as proposed by Google to operate the .Search new gTLD. Read more
Posted on 11 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH